India's Rohit Yadav saved the best for the last to win the men's javelin title with a personal best effort while star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar lived up to his billings to take the top spot at the World Athletics Continental Tour silver-level meet here on Saturday.Rohit was trailing at the fourth spot at the end of the fourth round but moved to second behind Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Yashvir Singh at the end of the fifth round. He then sent his spear to 87.68m, his personal best, to win the title and USD 1600 prize money.🇮🇳🥇 Rohit Yadav produces a LIFETIME BEST of 87.68m to win the men's javelin at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Meet in Bhubaneswar! 🔥Yashvir Singh finishes 2nd with 82.94m, while Arshdeep Singh is 4th with 78.82m.#RohitYadav #IndianAthletics #Javelin pic.twitter.com/iCRXAELerd— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) August 22, 2026Yashvir was second with his fifth round effort of 82.94m while Sumedha Ranasinghe of Sri Lanka was third with 80.29m.The meet was India's first-ever World Athletics Continental Tour silver event after successfully staging a bronze-level competition here last year. As many as 195 athletes from 17 countries took part in 2025. Following its success, World Athletics upgraded the Bhubaneswar event to silver level this year.Cash prizes and pointsTop performers pocketed crucial world ranking points as well as cash prizes. The winners pocketed USD 1,600, second place finishers received USD 1,200 while third-place finishers earned USD 900. The sixth-place finishers got USD 300.The 25-year-old Rohit was earlier the Indian season leader with his 87.05m effort while winning the gold at the National Inter-State Championships in June before Indian javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra's 88.05m throw while finishing second at the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday.With the win, his first major international title, Rohit also left behind his disappointing show at the…
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